2011-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Palestinians and some Israelis are celebrating an agreement to free more than 1,000 Palestinians and a young Israeli soldier in the coming days. The deal comes after five years of hard negotiations b

2011-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Burma has released more than 100 political prisoners as part of a general amnesty, including a few prominent activists. Rights groups have welcomed their release but are urging that all political pris

2011-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Not only does Hugh Jackman have a new Hollywood action film, but the Australian actor is also tuning up his singing voice for a return to the Broadway stage.In "Real Steel," Hugh Jackman plays a washe

2011-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Battling robots in the boxing ring help a wayward father reconnect with his young son in the new sci-fi action film "Real Steel," starring Hugh Jackman. In the not too distant future, prizefighters no

2011-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A Kyiv court has sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in jail for abusing her power in a 2009 gas deal with Russia. The conviction and jail sentence comes just as Ukraine ho

2011-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For years, Hawaii has been a popular destination for tourists, but now it’s making a name for itself as a TV and film production hub.A reboot of the 1960s police drama "Hawaii Five-O," which helped d

2011-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Halloween - October 31 - is a time to wear spooky costumes and tell scary stories. Perhaps the scariest tale was told on Halloween eve in 1938, when a radio drama spread panic along the U.S. East Coas

2011-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The firefighters in Town Line are one sign of the New York hamlet's unusual history. Sporting a Confederate flag on their uniforms, they're known as the “Last of the Rebels."That’s because this to

2011-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

After 10 years at war, coalition forces are still struggling to bring peace to Afghanistan.In some places, the effort is being undermined by tribal rivalries that draw away attention and resources.Dom

2011-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Anti-war and anti-Wall Street demonstrations are springing up in major cities across the United States, nearly a month after they started in the heart of New York's financial district. At the protest

2011-10-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egypt's ruling military council on Monday ordered the government to investigate the killings of at least 25 people in Sunday's street battles between Coptic Christians and Egyptian security forces.T

2011-10-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the past couple of weeks, a man many voters had never heard of until recently surged in public opinion polls about the race for the U.S. Republican presidential nomination. Herman Cain, the former

2011-10-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The unfertilized eggs of the sturgeon have made the fish one of the world's most valuable wildlife resources. Some 90 percent of the world's caviar comes from sturgeon in the Caspian Sea, but uncont

2011-10-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

People in California can no longer eat the Chinese delicacy of shark fin soup. The Governor of California officially made it illegal to sell or possess shark fin. The ban is a part of a growing move

2011-10-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On a recent sunny afternoon, first lady Michelle Obama hosted the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team and a group of local children who got to spend some time playing soccer on the White House lawn.Ear

2011-10-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Protests against Wall Street and economic inequality have grown in New York, Washington and other U.S. cities, as citizens speak out against corporate interests. These protests in some ways mirror th

2011-10-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The anti-capitalist protests that began near Wall Street in New York are spreading to other cities. Unlike the Tea Party movement, which blames big government for America's economic problems, the so

2011-10-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

George Clooneys' political thriller, The Ides of March, is the latest film to zoom in on American society and politics. The film takes its name from a reference in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar t

2011-10-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The New York Academy of Medicine recently (October 3) hosted a research summit sponsored by the Hearing Health Foundation to promote a cure for deafness caused by damaged hair cells in the ear. An es

2011-10-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scientists at the CERN physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, claimed recently to have clocked a subatomic particle, known as a neutrino, traveling faster than the speed of light. If true, the ev

2011-10-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington is showcasing the work of African-American artists working over the past three decades. The exhibit is called "30 Americans" and displays pa

2011-10-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Solving the world’s most pressing social challenges takes passion, dedication, innovation and a good business plan, which is the idea behind the Hult Global Case Challenge. Hult International Busines

2011-10-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scientists have taken another big step toward identifying the genetic flaws which may cause autism, a type of neurological development disorder. In the latest development, laboratory mice have been ge

2011-10-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Researchers in West Africa have shown that spraying insecticide indoors can dramatically reduce malaria transmission.Efforts to develop a malaria vaccine have so far been disappointing, so programs to

2011-10-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Would you like to visit one of America’s awe-inspiring national parks? Yosemite in California, perhaps, with its soaring cliffs and cascading waterfalls?Or something warmer as fall turns into winter